in life.cxx
board *LifeBoard;

loadboard(LifeBoard,x,y,input);

in board.cxx
void loadboard(board* LifeBoard, int x, int y, char input[20])

		for(int yload = 0; yload < maxrow; yload++)
		{
			for(int xload = 0; xload < maxcolumn; xload++)
			{
//				LifeBoard[yload+offsety][xload+offsetx] = in[yload][xload];
				cout << yload << ":" << xload << endl;
				LifeBoard->setsquare((yload+offsety),(xload+offsetx), in[yload][xload]);
			}
		}


in board.h
		void setsquare(int row, int column, bool data)
		{
			LifeBoard[row][column]= data;
		}